The Crisis Flashcards by Rabab Bourkouli | Brainscape

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La bulle immobilière

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The Housing Bubble

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L’immobilier

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0 real estate

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Un escroc

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A conman

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Les indigents

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The destitute

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Une saisie (immobilière )

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Foreclosure

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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La précarité

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Job insecurity

Precariousness

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UN plan de relance

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A stimulus package

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Des measures d’austérité

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Austerity measures

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L’effondrement de l’économie

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An economic meltdown

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Système d / la débrouillardise

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Resourcefulness

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Une escroquerie

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A scam

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Un plan social / de licenciement

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A redundancy schème

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Rentable

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Profitable

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Être dans une mauvaise passe

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To be in dire straits

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Être licencié

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To be laid off

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Licencier

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To Lay off

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Rebondir

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To bounce back

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Un marasme

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The doldrums

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Diminuer sa consommation de (nourriture/ essence)

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To cut down on food/ gas

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Distribuer de l’argent/ des allocations

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To dole out benefits/ money

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Dégraisser les effectifs

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To downsize

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Faire faillite

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To go bust

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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Surmonter des obstacles

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To overcome obstacles

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Rembourser

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To pay back

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Mettre de l’argent de côté

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To put money away

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Rembourser un emprunt immobilier

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To pay off a mortgage

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Traverser de rudes épreuves :

A

To suffer great hardships

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Subventionner

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Subsidize

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Subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

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To support one’s family

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Subur

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To undergo

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En temps de crise

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IN timeS of crisis

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Vivre des allocations familiales :

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To live on Chili support

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Un marché en baisse

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A bear market

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Un marché haussier

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A bullish market

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Les reductions budgétaire

A

Government cutbacks

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Réduire Les dépenses publics:

A

To curtail Public expenditures

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Une allocation

Un avantage

A

A benefit

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Un job sans future

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A dead-line job

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Postuler pour un job, être candidat pour

A

To apply for a job